Iron Ore and Dry Bulk Freight, Mint Finance

Umang Agrawal

Iron Ore and Dry Bulk Freight

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<li>Iron ore fell as weakening Chinese economic activity, shrinking steel demand, and rising mill maintenance dampened production and demand outlook.</li>
<li>Managed Money participants continue to increase their net long exposure, signalling renewed bullish sentiment and expectations of stronger demand and price gains.</li>
<li>Bearish MACD crossover and Bollinger Bands pullback signal weakening momentum, highlighting growing selling pressure and short-term downside risk.</li>
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Iron ore fell as weakening Chinese economic activity, shrinking steel demand, and rising mill maintenance dampened production and demand outlook.
Managed Money participants continue to increase their net long exposure, signalling renewed bullish sentiment and expectations of stronger demand and price gains.
Bearish MACD crossover and Bollinger Bands pullback signal weakening momentum, highlighting growing selling pressure and short-term downside risk.


[IO Technicals 2025/38] Slumping Steel Margins and Rising Stockpiles Weigh on Iron Ore

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<li>Supply jitters and China’s steel rebound lifted prices, as Rio faces local refining pressure and Brazil fire fears linger.</li>
<li>Managed money participants are rebuilding bullish bets, lifting net longs and open interest, signalling revived demand and expectations of further gains.</li>
<li>Prices pulled back after hitting the upper Bollinger band, hinting at profit-taking as traders watch the basis band for support.</li>
</ul>


Supply jitters and China’s steel rebound lifted prices, as Rio faces local refining pressure and Brazil fire fears linger.
Managed money participants are rebuilding bullish bets, lifting net longs and open interest, signalling revived demand and expectations of further gains.
Prices pulled back after hitting the upper Bollinger band, hinting at profit-taking as traders watch the basis band for support.


[IO Technicals 2025/37] Bullish Rally Flickers Out

<ul>
<li>Chinese mills eye production restart, boosting iron ore demand, but bloated construction steel inventories threaten to cap price gains.</li>
<li>Managed money participants increased net long exposure to 134.9k lots last week, with overall futures and options open interest slipping by 11.2%.</li>
<li>Bullish MA crossover drove prices above short-term averages. However, prices pressing the upper Bollinger band suggest overextension and heightened risk of a near-term pullback.</li>
</ul>


Chinese mills eye production restart, boosting iron ore demand, but bloated construction steel inventories threaten to cap price gains.
Managed money participants increased net long exposure to 134.9k lots last week, with overall futures and options open interest slipping by 11.2%.
Bullish MA crossover drove prices above short-term averages. However, prices pressing the upper Bollinger band suggest overextension and heightened risk of a near-term pullback.


[IO Technicals 2025/36] Overextended Rally Faces Reality Check

<ul>
<li>Iron ore miners lift output guidance, signalling confidence despite China’s property slump and slowing steel demand.</li>
<li>India emerges as a critical growth driver yet cannot offset China’s structural steel demand weakness.</li>
<li>Rising supply from Simandou and peers heightens downside risk, keeping the iron ore outlook cautiously bearish.</li>
</ul>


Iron ore miners lift output guidance, signalling confidence despite China’s property slump and slowing steel demand.
India emerges as a critical growth driver yet cannot offset China’s structural steel demand weakness.
Rising supply from Simandou and peers heightens downside risk, keeping the iron ore outlook cautiously bearish.


Iron Ore Giants Stay Bullish on India, China Demand Wobbles

<ul>
<li>China’s planned steel cuts may lift global prices, while India and Southeast Asia’s infrastructure demand sustains robust iron ore consumption.</li>
<li>Managed money participants trimmed net long exposure to 18.5k lots last week, with overall futures and options open interest slipping by 0.8%.</li>
<li>Bullish MA crossover and MACD confirm renewed buying interest and strengthen the case for higher near-term price momentum.</li>
</ul>


China’s planned steel cuts may lift global prices, while India and Southeast Asia’s infrastructure demand sustains robust iron ore consumption.
Managed money participants trimmed net long exposure to 18.5k lots last week, with overall futures and options open interest slipping by 0.8%.
Bullish MA crossover and MACD confirm renewed buying interest and strengthen the case for higher near-term price momentum.


[IO Technicals 2025/35] Iron Ore Bulls Charge on Tight China Supply

Australia

Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The ores are usually rich in iron oxides and vary in color from dark grey, bright yellow, deep purple, to rusty red. The iron itself is usually found in the form of magnetite (Fe3O4, 72.4% Fe), hematite (Fe2O3, 69.9% Fe), goethite (FeO(OH), 62.9% Fe), limonite (FeO(OH).n(H2O)) or siderite (FeCO3, 48.2% Fe).

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Iron Ore (IRON ORE COMDTY)

[IO Technicals 2025/38] Slumping Steel Margins and Rising Stockpiles Weigh on Iron Ore

Iron ore prices face pressure as China’s slowing steel demand, weaker manufacturing, and rising port stockpiles point to near-term downside.

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[IO Technicals 2025/37] Bullish Rally Flickers Out

Momentum is fading as bullish sentiment cools, with technical signals hinting at exhaustion and traders turning cautious on iron ore.

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[IO Technicals 2025/36] Overextended Rally Faces Reality Check

Iron ore steadies above key moving averages as Chinese mills restart production, but stretched momentum and swelling inventories flag rising near...

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Iron Ore Giants Stay Bullish on India, China Demand Wobbles

Iron ore giants stay bullish on output, betting India’s steel boom offsets China’s slowdown, property drag, and mounting protectionist headwinds.

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[IO Technicals 2025/35] Iron Ore Bulls Charge on Tight China Supply

Shrinking Chinese output, steady steel margins, and robust Asian demand converge with bullish signals to underpin iron ore’s near-term upside

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